PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Power Outage, Ecological Niche, Sociobiology
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Biological basis of social behavior: according to this view we are born prewired or predisposed to behave socially. We have physical apparatus to ensure survival: genetic endowment: biological structure we receive for this purpose. Great for humans we are living longer than ever before. We are predisposed to these behaviours, for example: moms have hard time leaving babies behind as they can be harmed otherwise. These bio predispositions, are just as important as physical characteristics inherited through genetic transmission. This is genetic based motivation: behaviour is dominated by a genetically based urge to produce the max offspring"s, either directly or by favoring one"s next of kin. Indirect example: you were travelling with your niece, and something happened, all kids were at risk, you would save niece, then friends children, then same race/culture, then rest. Evolution concepts apply as much to behaviour as to structural characteristics. If we cant behave, we can"t fit in.
